Handle



April 9, 1929. w, A, H VE 1,708,882

HANDLE Filed June 27, 1923 SJ no 214 601 atbomu STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. HARVEY, OTB. SGBANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE.

Application filed. June 27,

an electric light socket, the outer shell of which rotatable to cut in or out a resistance unit for the purpose of regulating the brilliance of the electric light. This commercial type of regulating socket has associated therewith a pair of pull chains by which the shell of the socket is rotated. it has been found, however, that these pull chains are not only unsightly but that their operation proves awkward when the socket is used in fixtures embodying shades or housings designed to partially or entirely enclose the regulating socket.

It is therefore the particular object of my invention to provide an operating handle particularly adapted for regulating sockets of his character, which handle is of a rigid construction so that the same may be conveniently grasped and the socket rotated, in respective of the character of the fixture with which the regulating socket is associated.

The invention furthermore contemplates the provision of a detachable handle, thereby enabling the same to be secured to the socket so as to render the handle accessible irrespective of the position of the socket with reference to the remainder of the light thiture structure.

Another object of my invention is to provide a handle which is normally spaced in a somewhat extended position with reference to the regulating socket, thereby eliminating the possibility of injury, due to the heat generated by the resistance element of the socket.

My invention furtlunmm'e contemplates the provision of a simple means for attaching the handle to the socket, so that, if desirhd, these handles may be sold separately and attached to the socket without neces= sitating the services of a skilled mechanic or electrician.

ther objects will appear hereinafter, and the utility of the invention will be made more apparent as the description proceeds, especially when considered in connection with. the accompanying drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a light intros embodying a socket, regulatahle by 1923. Serial No. 648,097.

rotation with my improved handle attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a fixture with the position of the regulating socket and handle reversed;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the socket ant iandle removed from the fixture;

Fig. at is a similar view of a modified form of construction; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the handle construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3.

. Referring now particularly to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters indicate like parts, it Will be noted that in l 1 there is illustrated a fragmentary portion of an electric light fixture 10 such for instance as a lamp, having a standard socket 11 for ning a part thereof, together with a socket 12 containing a resistance unit regulatable by rotation. This socket 12 is similar to that shown in U. S. Patent No. 904,826, granted November 2 1-, 1908. The socket 12 is adapted to receive the usual electric light bulb 13, the brilliance of which may he regulated by rotating the socket 12.

The socket 12, now commercially in use, is usually provided with a pair of guide eyelets 14, arranged preferably diametrically opposed, and adapted to guidingly receive a chain, secured to the socket by means of an. eyelet 15, attached thereto. This commercial type of socket is rotated by pullingeither end of the chain, which extends through the guide eyelets 1a, which motion tends to retate the socket 12 in one direction or the other by reason of the connection of the chain thereto through. the eyelet 15. The rotation of the socket 12 is limited by the engagement of the eyelet 15, with either of the guide eyelets 1 1.

I propose to remove this chain and to secure to the socket 12, in place of this chain, a handle member consisting of a stem 16 provided preferably with an odd-sha wd end 17. The handle extends from a lug or projection 18, extending laterally from a clamping ring 19, formed preferably of spring metal of a diameter such as to enable the same to be forced over the end of the socket 12 so as to grip the same throughout the greater part of its circumference, as il-.

lustrated clearly in Fig. 8.

The lug or projection 18 may be riveted or secured in any other manner to the clamping ring 19, or it may be formed intetion the same, irrespective 0 grally themes. The stem 16M the handle is preferably formed with an angular part 20, making the handle L-shaped so that the end 17 which is usually grasped by th'e'operator, is spaced away from the socket 12.

. As will be apparent from Fig. 2, the position of the handle may be reversed when it is associated with a socket presented downwardly, as distinguished from an upwardly presented socket illustrated in Fig. .1. Obviously, :byananging the handle in either of the two positions illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be, possible .to roperly posithe angle at which the socket 12 is positioned, or the construction of the fixture use. 7

I In'Fig. 4 a modified form of construction is riillustrated, the clamping collar 19 being fhereinreplaced by a split collar 21 provided with a pair of spaced parallel ends 22, through-which there is passed a bolt and nut securing means 28 for clamping the ends of thecollar 21 together.; Obviously the collar 21 may be formed in two sections and be provided with two sets of securing means v23.

In'Fig. 5 the spring collar 19 is shown 7 with the stem 16 of the handle connected setting the stem of the handle from directly thereto, the projection 18 being eliminated in this instance. Obviously it might be found desirable to construct the handle in this manner when need for oil'- the collaris found unnecessary.

Obviously, with any of the constructions herein described the handle may be convenient'ly secured to the shell of the regulating socket, .thereby providing convenient means for rotating the same. The clamping collar 19 or 21 of the two forms herein described may be so positioned with reference to the shell, that the handle extends from any desired circumferential point. Furthermore, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the handle may he made to project in either direction, dependent upon the structure of the fixture with which it is associated.

The modification of the device herein described and illustrated is indicative of the fact that various changes in the details of construction ma parting from the spirit of the invention, and to this end reservation is made to make such changes as may come within the pur view of the accompanying claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

An attachment for regulatahle electric light sockets, comprising a split annular band of flat resilient material, adapted to be slipped over and frictionally engage the oscillating member of the socket; an ofiset lug rigid with said band; and an L-shaped handle member carried by and projecting from said lug.

In'testimony whereof Iafiix my signature.

WILLIAM A. HARVEY be resorted to without de- 

